In March, you can live the science fiction life pretty much every day. There are a ton of new books, and multiple cons every weekend. Get ready for a new novel from Nalo Hopkinson, alien/human hybrid consciousness in the Saoirse Ronan movie The Host, plus the premiere of BBC America series Orphan Black. And there's much, much more.

Here's our complete guide to everything that will be sending you into a magical alternate dimension this month.

Illustration by Charles Vess, for Charles De Lint's The Cats of Tanglewood Forest.

As always, you can download the io9 calendar as a printable PDF here. And if you have any cool events for April's calendar, drop us a line at calendar@io9.com.